GMC responds to BMA announcement about further industrial action

GMC reacts to BMA announcement about further commercial action

The British Medical Association has revealed that there will be a further rolling program of commercial action. Reacting to the news, Niall Dickson, Chief Executive of the General Medical Council, said: ‘The decision of the BMA’s management to contact medical professionals in training in England to take rolling, all-out, commercial action is unmatched and represents a major escalation of this disagreement – it is obviously a matter of great issue for everyone, specifically for clients, when so little time has been provided for the NHS to make contingency strategies. ‘We acknowledge the frustration and alienation of physicians in training and indeed their right to take commercial action. Nevertheless, we released guidance earlier in this disagreement both to senior medical professionals and medical professionals in training, and we wi …
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Australia could drop medical specialists

from shortage profession list A number of health occupations are flagged for possible elimination from the list. The Australian federal government does this when “there is emerging proof of excess supply in the labour market”, it said. GPs are noted for possible elimination along with anaesthetists, cardiologists, endocrinologists, gastroenterologists, intensive care experts, paediatricians, obstetricians and gynaecologists. Last month, research from the British Medical Association (BMA) found almost half of doctors were so disillusioned with the NHS they were intending to emigrate. The study followed the exact same group of doctors for a decade after graduation and discovered that, at the nine-year point, 42% believed their existing experience as a medical professional was worse than they had actually expected when they finished. The study among 430 doctors a.
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New guidance to help medical

students become good doctors Understanding the importance of client privacy and behaving properly on social media are among the professional worths explained in brand-new assistance for UK medical trainees. The General Medical Council (GMC) and the Medical Schools Council (MSC) have released assistance to assist medical trainees value what is needed of them to be good physicians by the time they graduate from university. The brand-new assistance– based upon the GMC’s core ethics for doctors, Great medical practice– comes with useful pointers to assist medical trainees apply the expert values to their studies, positionings and time outside of medical school. Medical trainees are asked to: The GMC and MSC want the assistance to be a companion for medical trainees as they study to end up being the medical professionals of the future. An …
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“> See all stories on this subject GMC Council authorizes development of UK medical licensing assessment The GMC Council has authorized a strategy to deal with partners to develop a merged assessment for each doctor looking for to practice in the UK. It has been offered a working title of the UK Medical Licensing Evaluation (UKMLA). The new assessment would replace the present Expert and Linguistic Assessments Board test (PLAB) which is now taken by International Medical Graduates (IMGs). Professor Terence Stephenson the Chair of the General Medical Council, stated: ‘These are early days but the Council has decided that we need to develop a licensing assessment which develops a simple and transparent path to medical practice in the UK. ‘Medicine is a significantly mobile occupation and we should have systems in place which not only make sure that UK-trained graduates fulfill the …
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“> See all stories on this subject Shaken infant proof doctor reinstated A medical professional struck off the medical register for the proof she gave up so-called” shaken infant “cases, has been renewed. A High Court judge cleared Dr Waney Squier of dishonesty and said there were substantial defects in the medical tribunal’s findings versus her. But he added that her actions did total up to major expert misbehavior. She will not be permitted to offer skilled evidence in court for 3 years. The paediatric neuropathologist had actually acted as an expert witness in 6 cases, including the deaths of four infants and a 19-month-old child. She challenged the existence of shaken infant syndrome – brain trauma caused by violently shaking an infant – and in each case stated the proof was not consistent with non-accidental injury and was most likely to be triggered by other means. Dr Squie …
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“> See all stories on this subject Dr Les Bailey talks about why the General Osteopathic Council must be dissolved CATERHAM, U.K. – Nov. 3, 2016-PRLog– Dr Les Bailey of the back and joint pain centre in caterham, Surrey talks about why the General osteopathic council must be disbanded and how they are damaging a when excellent medical art. i was as soon as signed up with …
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“> See all stories on this topic Margaret McCartney: Can the new regulator command doctors’confidence?The General Medical Council, our regulator, has recently appointed a brand-new chief executive officer. This is a ₤ 235 000 a year position.1 It includes private healthcare cover (on which the GMC spends practically ₤ 223 000 a year, as well as over ₤ 25 000 on health checks for the 667 people it uses). The position has been filled by Charles Massey. This is an intriguing consultation. The task description states that the successful candidate’s personal qualities need to consist of the capability to “command the self-confidence and assistance of patients and the general public; physicians; the NHS …” as well as the “intellectual ability to evaluate complicated issues in a systemic and sensible way.”2 Massey is popular to junior medical professionals. He is director basic for intense care and workforce at the Departmen …
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